darius

your finger goes down the page

the screen the page screen screen page

lands on Darius a satrap of the Persian Empire

of course you know Darius but he’s not

a satrap

he drives an aircab

and what hell is an aircab

moreover what the hell is a satrap 

define the latter as an provincial governor of ancient Persia

okay then

duly noted

no aircabs for him

flying carpets instead?

no aircabs for modern day Darius

a regular cab perhaps

perhaps it flies 

and do you really know Darius

and does it matter

only if you want to order from the Darius menu

in which case you’d take the ancient guy

more daring as Dariuses go

and it would require an aircab to seek him out

off you go then…

©Karen Casady 2021